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Shaking Up the System: Safe-D Looks at How Disruptive Technologies Can Improve Roadway Safety

June 1, 2021

Funded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s University Transportation Center (UTC) Program, the Safety through Disruption (Safe-D) UTC is led by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI). In partnership with San Diego State University and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), center researchers endeavor to maximize the potential safety benefits of disruptive technologies through targeted […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 57, Number 2 Tagged With: child safety seat, connected vehicle, roadway safety, Safe-D University Transportation Center, safety

TTI Demonstrates New Tech Aimed at Mitigating Wrong-Way Driving Crashes

September 1, 2017

On Aug. 17, reporters and transportation agency representatives gathered under a tent near a repurposed runway at The Texas A&M University System’s RELLIS Campus. They watched as Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Research Engineer Melisa Finley — known for her innovative studies on wrong-way drivers — led a first-of-its-kind and successful connected-vehicle demonstration funded by […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 53, Number 3 Tagged With: connected transportation, connected vehicle, human factors, safety, wrong-way driving

TTI Tests Connected Vehicle Technologies to Address Border Crossing Congestion

February 2, 2017

After recent closed-course tests at Texas A&M University’s RELLIS Campus showed Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) technologies could be applied at the Texas/Mexico border to help manage vehicle traffic, researchers with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) are preparing for the next step: real-world testing at land ports of entry (POEs) for the U.S. Customs […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: border crossing, connected vehicle, CV/AV

A Look into Tomorrow: What-If Scenarios and Planning the Future of Transportation

December 1, 2015

Researchers at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) recently formulated scenarios for how CV/AV technologies might be deployed. Using the scenarios as context, the research team interviewed state and local transportation agency personnel and then created flexible strategies to prepare for potential issues arising from implementation. As Senior Research Scientist Johanna Zmud explains, “The goal […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 51, Number 4 Tagged With: automated vehicle, connected vehicle, CV/AV, planning, policy

Poe Selected as Strategy Lead for TTI’s CV/AV Transportation Research

November 4, 2015

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) has chosen Dr. Christopher Poe, P.E., senior research engineer and assistant agency director, as its Connected and Automated (CV/AV) Transportation Strategy Lead. Poe comes to this new position with more than 30 years of experience in transportation system operations and intelligent transportation systems (ITS) research and in leading and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: automated transportation, automated vehicle, connected transportation, connected vehicle, CV/AV

Accelerating Texas into the Future

June 1, 2014

Development of Smarter Transportation is a Critical Component of the 21st Century System The ever-changing landscape of transportation needs and new technologies — as well as funding issues and a rapidly growing population — have created a complex set of transportation issues for the state of Texas. The future of the transportation system is rooted […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 50, Number 2 Tagged With: Accelerate Texas Center, automated vehicle, connected vehicle, Technology

TTI Developing New Automated and Connected Transportation Test Bed

June 1, 2014

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) shares an industry vision where vehicle collisions are eliminated. Vehicles will interact — through technology — with other vehicles, drivers, the infrastructure, pedestrians and bicyclists to prevent crashes. The entire transportation system will be connected in a way that transforms how people live, work and interact. Achieving this vision […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 50, Number 2 Tagged With: automated vehicle, connected transportation, connected vehicle, pavement markings, testing facility, work-zone applications

John Maddox Joins TTI/UMTRI

November 14, 2012

In a groundbreaking partnership, John Maddox has joined the University of Michigan Transportation Institute (UMTRI) and Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) as the director of collaborative program strategies. Maddox was formerly the associate administrator of vehicle safety research at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Maddox will be based out of UMTRI’s headquarters in Ann […]

Filed Under: MyTTI News, News Tagged With: automated vehicle, connected vehicle, UMTRI, University of Michigan Transportation Institute

Poe to Co-Chair Connected Vehicle Task Force

September 19, 2011

Christopher Poe, Assistant Director at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), was named Vice Chair of the Connected Vehicle Task Force, a distinguished group of industry leaders who have the responsibility of advising the society and the public on issues related to deployment of vehicle and highway infrastructure applications that rely on short and long range […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: connected vehicle, wireless

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